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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Building a root cellar is easier than you think. The whole point of a root cellar is to have a natural storage area with ideal temperature (32-40f) and humidity (80-90%) for storing tubors and vegitables. The keys to building a good root cellar are Insulation, Ventilation and cooling.

Insulation

Alsmost any container burried in the ground will work, even if the dirt is the bulk of the insulation. However, the more extreme your weather, the more insulation is needed. Favorite options are old refridgerators, buckets, and barrels.

Cool Air From Ground

To keep your container cool in the hot summers, dig a post hole as deep as you can below your container. Add some kind of holes/screen to the bottom of your container so that the cool air can draft into it.

Ventilation

You must have some kind of air exaust so that the cool air can move through the root cellar propperly, but not too quickly. One way is to add a layer of straw with a vent stack at the top of the mound, and then another layer of dirt. Some people attach a vent stack directly. Either way, make sure attach some sort of flu so that you can adjust the ammount of ventilation.

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